Health Care, Virtue, Liberty and Independence
“…If virtue and knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslaved. This will be their great security…” –Samuel Adams
Returning the Beast to its Cage
You, myself and everyone we know form the top of the food chain in the American system of government. It is up to We the People as sovereigns- not the Federal legislative branch- to honor out the intentions of our nation’s founders
The Missing Patent and the Health Care Debate
What does the original meaning of the “patent clause” have to do with health care and the Constitution? Paul Ballonoff explains.
Getting the Supremacy Clause Wrong
by Michael Boldin A recent article in the New York Times covered the growth of state-level resistance to a future national health care plan. For example, in 2010, voters in Arizona will have a chance to approve a state constitutional amendment that would effectively ban national health care in that state. Legislators in Florida and [...]
Nullification: The states have a “nuclear option,” too
For desperate people whose freedoms are being systematically usurped by all three federal branches and both political parties…
Will Georgia Nullify National Health Care?
Today, a group of Georgia State Senators announced a plan to introduce a State Constitutional Amendment “Giving Georgians the right to choose whether they want to enroll in any health insurance plan and prohibiting governments from punishing those who decide not to participate.â€
Is ObamaCare Constitutional?
A major goal of our Constitution and Bill of Rights is to limit government power. National health care proposals would increase that power greatly.
Making up Stuff About the Constitution
According to Clinton Advisor and part-time professor, Paul Begala, if it isn’t politically possible for the feds to completely take over health care now, they should at least grab as much of it as they can.
Will Florida Ban National Health Care?
On the heels of a successful state-level resistance to the 2005 Real ID Act, activists and state legislators alike are focusing their efforts on state governments as a way to resist new federal programs. The latest? Health Care.
Healthcare is a Good, Not a Right
Writes Ron Paul: “Politicians can be very good at making it sound as if healthcare will be free for everybody. Nothing could be further from the truth.”
Should Congress Impose Health Care on Us?
As the Senate and House of “Representatives†deliberate whether to give even more control over your health care to bureaucrats, ask yourself what taxation with representation has wrought.
Free Health Care, Treaties and a Fictitious History
Government agencies and pressure groups campaigning for more taxpayer money can create a fictitious “history†almost overnight. First, they make some claim about how something has been recognized since (whenever), and before you know it, journalists are uncritically repeating it, and it is plastered all over the Internet.
The “50 Laboratories” Model for Health Care
Much of what our federal government is doing right now is not just illegal and unconstitutional, it’s also just plain stupid. How about using some “Common Sense”?
Health Care: Free, Forced, and Fined
A new poll from NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health finds that a whopping 59 percent of Americans support punishing people for choosing to not get health insurance.
The Next Step for Universal Health Care?
This past weekend, John Edwards gave a little further insight into what his plans for nationalized health care would entail. As reported by Associated Press, via the Guardian: Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards said on Sunday that his universal health care proposal would require that Americans go to the doctor for preventive care. Did I [...]
Time to Get Rid of the FDA
The time has long since come for the U.S. Congress to abolish the Food and Drug Administration. We’d like to think that FDA officials have only our health and safety in mind when they decide on what food or medicines they’ll allow us to buy. But, sadly enough, they’re as politically motivated as any politician [...]
Raising our Health Care Costs Again
Once again, politicians in Washington are working hard to raise the cost of health insurance for you and your family. But, of course, that’s not how they sell it to us. They make the claim that they’re working together across party lines to help millions of Americans afford health insurance. As the George Bush stated [...]
